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Table 4 Family members experience with health care in relation to patient dependency and rehabilitation pathway (mean, SD). A high score represents a better experience

From: Family members’ experience with in-hospital health care after severe traumatic brain injury: a national multicentre study

Characteristics

Acute Organization

(n = 119)

Acute Information

(n = 119)

Rehabilitation Organization

(n = 112)

Rehabilitation Information

(n = 112)

Discharge

(n = 112)

All, mean (SD)

4.24 (0.70)

3.93 (0.96)

3.91 (0.81)

3.46 (0.96)

3.05 (1.10)d

Dependency (patient)

 No help

4.29 (0.68)

3.97 (0.97)

3.90 (0.77) a*

3.46 (0.96) a

3.06 (1.17)

 Every 3–14 d

4.23 (1.01)

4.00 (1.05)

3.21 (1.01) a*

2.58 (1.42) a

2.79 (1.39)

 Daily

4.11 (0.68)

3.81 (0.92)

4.09 (0.84) a*

3.66 (0.88) a

3.09 (0.81)

Rehabilitation pathway

 Specialized, directly

4.21 (0.70)

3.93 (0.98)

4.00 (0.73)

3.60 (0.91) a

3.25 (1.10) b

 Specialized, not directly

4.38 (0.68)

4.13 (0.87) a*

3.93 (0.91)

3.47 (1.12)

3.03 (1.14) c

 Non-specialized rehab

4.02 (0.88)

3.29 (1.04) a*

3.82 (0.98)

2.91 (1.06) a

2.27 (0.68) b, c

 No rehabilitation

4.28 (0.57)

4.00 (0.73)

  1. Bolded numbers indicates significant differences: ap < 0.05, bp < 0.01, cp = 0.051, * = not significant after non-parametric test
  2. dSignificant differences between the subscale Discharge and each of the other subscales (all p’s < 0.001, paired samples t-test)